Biochemistry of bone (original) (raw)
1988, Baillière's Clinical Rheumatology
Biochemistry of bone JEAN-MARIE MBUYI-MUAMBA JAN DEQUEKER GREET GEVERS 'The skeleton, out of sight and often out of mind, is a formidable mass of tissue occupying about 9% of the body by bulk and no less than 17% by weight. The stability and immutability of dry bones and their persistence for centuries, and even millions of years, after the soft tissues have turned to dust give us a false idea of bone during life. Its fixity after death is in sharp contrast to its ceaseless activity in life.' (A. M. Cooke, 1955) Bone matrix 'The place or medium in which something is bred or developed is the matrix.' (Eastoe, 1968) 'The organic matrix is the most important part of bone, because, although it is possible to have histological bone without calcification, it is not possible to have bone at all without a scaffold of matrix.' (Cooke, 1955
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